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Concerns about the health and environmental impacts associated with some chemical products and processes have motivated a growing number of national, state, and local governments, manufacturers, and retailers to develop assessments and approaches for finding…

ENROLLING NOW FOR MAY 2015 Clean Production Action (CPA) is now accepting applications to the May 2015 GreenScreen® Practitioner Program. This course is CPA’s premier advanced training course in the GreenScreen method. Past participants have…

To close the year at Trending Topics we offer a few thoughts on trends to safer chemicals. At the macro level, the 21st century started with “peak oil” on the horizon and biobased feedstocks displacing…

New Report Makes Strong Business Case for Using Safer Chemicals in Products and Supply Chains Geneva, 15 December 2014 - Chemicals are all around us, present in the products we use every day. The demand…

Public Data will Empower Responsible Investors to Recognize Leaders Chemicals of concern are an increasing problem in today’s marketplace leading not only to environmental pollution and human health issues, but also a slew of hidden…

Just as every company has a carbon footprint, every company has a chemical footprint — even companies not in the business of manufacturing and selling chemicals. If you are a retailer, those products that line…

The FRs market is experiencing a massive transformation in chemistry. As of 2013, bromine manufacturers no longer manufacture and use decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE) in the U.S. according to the bromine industry association—Bromine Science and Environmental…

One of the most studied of the new FRs is Firemaster 550—a bromine and phosphorous-based compound. Firemaster 550 highlights include: Used in polyurethane foam products, including seating applications, as an alternative to the now phased out…